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The Effect of Pore Morphology on Hot Spot Temperature by Levesque, George Arthur, Vitello, Peter

“…Composite explosives contain pores that collapse under shock wave interaction generating localized regions of heat known to be important in the initiation of…”
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Pre-sheaths and Turbulent Flow in Electronegative Plasmas by Peter Vitello, Peter Vitello

“…In electronegative plasmas Coulomb scattering between positive and negative ions can lead to the formation of a pre-sheath boundary layer containing the bulk…”
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Dynamics of Line-driven Winds from Disks in Cataclysmic Variables. II. Mass-Loss Rates and Velocity Laws by Feldmeier, Achim, Shlosman, Isaac, Vitello, Peter

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Upgraded Analytical Model of the Cylinder Test by Souers, P. Clark, Lauderbach, Lisa, Garza, Raul, Ferranti Jr, Louis, Vitello, Peter

“…A Gurney‐type equation was previously corrected for wall thinning and angle of tilt, and now we have added shock wave attenuation in the copper wall and air…”
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The Effect of Pore Morphology on Hot Spot Temperature by Levesque, IV, George Arthur, Vitello, Peter

“…Composite explosives contain pores that collapse under shock wave interaction generating localized regions of heat known to be important in the initiation of…”
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Metal Angle Correction in the Cylinder Test by Souers, P. Clark, Garza, Raul, Hornig, Howard, Lauderbach, Lisa, Owens, Cinda, Vitello, Peter

“…Cylinder test data show that the copper wall angle increases with time in a given shot and becomes much larger if the wall is at half‐thickness. The true…”
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Upgraded Analytical Model of the Cylinder Test by Souers, P. Clark, Lauderbach, Lisa, Garza, Raul, Ferranti, Louis, Vitello, Peter

“…A Gurney-type equation was previously corrected for wall thinning and angle of tilt, and now we have added shock wave attenuation in the copper wall and air…”
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A Complete Detonator, Booster, and Main Charge Study of LX-07/PBX 9502 by Souers, P. Clark, Druce, Robert L., Roeske Jr, Franklin, Vitello, Peter, May, Chadd

“…A complete study of an exploding bridgewire detonator (EBW), an LX‐07 hemispherical booster and a PBX 9502 outer shell are described. Breakout times from all…”
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Air Gaps, Size Effect, and Corner-Turning in Ambient LX-17 by Souers, P. Clark, Hernandez, Andrew, Cabacungan, Chris, Garza, Raul, Lauderbach, Lisa, Liao, Sen-Ben, Vitello, Peter

“…Various measurements under ambient conditions are presented for LX‐17. The size (diameter) effect has been measured with copper and Lucite confinement, where…”
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Initiation Pressure Thresholds from Three Sources by Souers, P. Clark, Vitello, Peter

“…Pressure thresholds are minimum pressures needed to start explosive initiation that ends in detonation. We obtain pressure thresholds from three sources…”
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Plasma impedance in a narrow gap capactively coupled RF discharge by Bera, Kallol, Chen-An, Chen, Vitello, Peter

“…Capacitively coupled reactors with narrow gap spacings are extensively used for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) processes in the…”
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Plasma impedance in a narrow gap capacitively coupled RF discharge: Special Issue on Images in Plasma Science by BERA, Kallol, CHEN, Chen-An, VITELLO, Peter

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Analytic Model of Reactive Flow by Souers, P. Clark, Vitello, Peter

“…A simple analytic model allows prediction of rate constants and size effect behavior before a hydrocode run, if size effect data exist. It utilizes detonation…”
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JWL++: A Simple Reactive Flow Code Package for Detonation by Souers, P. Clark, Anderson, Steve, Mercer, James, McGuire, Estella, Vitello, Peter

“…JWL++ is a simple Reactive Flow model that includes time‐dependent reaction in prompt detonation. It consists of a Murnahan unreacted equation of state, a JWL…”
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LX-17 Corner-Turning by Souers, P. Clark, Andreski, Henry G., Cook III, Charles F., Garza, Raul, Pastrone, Ron, Phillips, Dan, Roeske, Frank, Vitello, Peter, Molitoris, John D.

“…We have performed a series of highly‐instrumented experiments examining corner‐turning of detonation. A TATB booster is inset 15 mm into LX‐17 (92.5% TATB,…”
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Dead Zones in LX-17 and PBX 9502 by Souers, P. Clark, Andreski, Henry G., Batteux, Jan, Bratton, Brad, Cabacungan, Chris, Cook III, Charles F., Fletcher, Sabrina, Garza, Raul, Grimsley, Denise, Handly, Jeff, Hernandez, Andy, McMaster, Pat, Molitoris, John D., Palmer, Rick, Prindiville, Jim, Rodriguez, John, Schneberk, Dan, Wong, Bradley, Vitello, Peter

“…Pin and X‐ray corner turning data have been taken on ambient LX‐17 and PBX 9052, and the results are listed in tables as an aid to future modeling. The results…”
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Ignition & Growth and JWL++ Detonation Models in Coarse Zones by Souers, P. Clark, Garza, Raul, Vitello, Peter

“…“Ignition & Growth” (I&G) and JWL++ models are compared for a variety of problems. The detonation velocity becomes nearly constant with zoning at the edge of…”
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The Effects of Containment on Detonation Velocity by Souers, P. Clark, Vitello, Peter, Esen, Sedat, Kruttschnitt, Julius, Bilgin, H. A.

“…Reactive flow cylinder code runs on six explosives were made with rate constants varying from 0.03 to 70 μs−1. Six unconfined/steel sets of original ANFO and…”
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Reaction Zones in Ultrafine TATB by Frank, Alan, Chau, Henry, Lee, Ron, Vitello, Peter, Souers, P. Clark

“…We have measured the particle velocity of aluminum foils placed between ultrafine TATB and lithium fluoride, where the TATB thicknesses are varied between 0…”
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Irregularities in electronegative plasmas due to ion-ion coupling by Vitello, P.

“…Summary form only given. In partially ionized electronegative plasmas at low neutral pressure and high plasma density, coupling between positive and negative…”
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